A winter-weary Southwestern Connecticut has been smacked again by a numbing combination of snow, sleet, freezing rain that has -- yet again -- slowed the morning commute and delayed school openings.

And it all comes less than a day before the official start of spring at 7:02 a.m. on Wednesday.

Battle-hardened local and state Department of Transportation crews were out again in full force Tuesday morning plowing and treating roads for the thousands of drivers slogging to work. Their work paid off with roads that were mainly wet. Tuesday's morning commute, however, was not without problems. Many secondary roads were slush covered early and there were two jackknifed tractor-trailer accidents on Interstate 84. One near Exit 9 in Newtown blocked three lanes of eastbound Interstate 84 in Newtown for about three hours; another in Middlebury blocked one lane of traffic. Another truck accident happened near Exit 13 in Wallingford on northbound I-91.

A few inches of snow fell along the coastine and up to 6 inches was reported in the Northwest Hills. Interior

Temperatures arose above freezing into the 40s later today and turning everything into cold rain.

Metro-North reported no major delays from the latest winter storm, but urged riders to be aware of slippery conditions on stairs and platforms.

Tonight there is a slight chance of snow showers between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. It will start mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 23. West wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 38. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. On Wednesday night clouds will roll in again with a low around cold 21 degrees. On Thursday, there's a slight chance of rain and snow after noon, but nothing to get worried about at this point.